Back in the UK
I got back to the UK on Saturday evening, following my week in Cirencester‘s twin town of Itzehoe, in Northern Germany.
Cirencester
Day 6 – The Last Night
The week is now over, and I have done my last day of work experience at Kindergarten Tagelhörn. Today, they had their “Faschingsfest” (carneval)… I’m still not sure exactly what it was about.
Day 5 – A Trip to Hamburg mit dem Zug
After the 4th day of work experience at Kindergarten Tegelhörn, I returned back to the house. The Sophie-Scholl Gymnasium was closed, and by the fact that both Matt and Tom were signed in to their Facebook accounts when I logged… Continue reading
Day 4 – The Town Hall
There has been more snowfall overnight. Its fallen on top of the snow which fell for most of yesterday, which fell on top of snow which fell before I got here.
Day 3 – More Work Experience and a Bit of Bowling
I woke up this morning to find it was snowing. Apparently that’s normal for Itzehoe at this time of year. It was also very cold – apparently down to -10 last night!
Day 2 – First Day of Work Experience
Today was the first day of work experience – and this week I am working at the Kindergarten Tegelhörn.
Day 1: Arrival in Itzehoe
I write today using a German computer, trying to find my way round the German keyboard layout! I’m getting the hang of it, now that I’ve found the @ key… on the shortcut AltGr+Q.
Moving on to the Next Radio Broadcast
I write shortly after sending in my programme proposal form for the next Corinium Radio broadcast.
10 Days to Go
Next weekend I will be returing to Cirencester‘s twin town, Itzehoe, in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein.
The Digital Switchover for Radio
About 6 months ago, Ben Bradshaw (MP for Exeter, and Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport) announced that the government intends to upgrade all national radio stations from analogue to digital by 2015.